Conveyer-transfer.



H. HILDENBRAND. GONVBYER TRANSFER.

APPLIUATION FILED MAY 5, 1913.'

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HERMAN HILDENBRAE'D, 0F CHAIPEZE, KENTUCKY.

-CONVEYEB-TRANSEEB.

Loaders.

Speeication of Letters Patent.` Patentd Maro y?, 1914.

Application led May 5, 1913. Serial No. 765,621.

new and useful Improvements in Conveyer- Transfers; and I do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in thev art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to conveye-rs, and more especially it is atransfer device for shifting an article being carried by one conveyersuch as an endless belt, to another conveyor such as another endlessbelt moving at right angles thereto.

The invention comprises a disk rotating in a plane just above that ofthe upper stretches of the belts referred to, and guides associated withsaid disk to accomplish the object sought.

Details will be found in the following specification andl claims, andare shown in the drawings wherein- Figure 1 is a plan view illustratingthree belts whereofthe 'second is at right angles to the first and thethird at right angles to the second, and one. of my improved transferdevices is located at each junction point. Fig. 2 is a cross sectiononthe line 2-2, and Fig. 3 a cross section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

"The conveyers herein shown are of the endless belt type`with the upperstretches 1, 2, and 3 of the three belts lying in a single horizontalplane and moving over suitable rollers 4 whose driving mechanism neednot be illustrated. The second conveyer passes across the rear endoftherst and is slightly spaced therefrom, .and in the drawings thethird conveyer passes across the delivery end of the second and is alsoslightly spaced therefrom. The illustration is sufficient to showconditions which sometimes prevail wherein it is desired that articlescarried by 4 one belt shall be transferred to another belt moving'atright anglesvacross the delivery end thereof, and these articles maybe'bottles, bricks, cans, or other small units .ordinarily carried onthe belt at slight distances apart. Such being the case, the belts aredisposed between upright strips or 'beams forming guides numbered 5 and6, 7 and 8, 9 and 10; and these guides constitute the sides of a channelof which the belts are the bottom. Disposed in the angle between thefirst channel and the second is an upright pm or bearing 11 whereon isjournaled the ub 1 2 of a disk '13, and this hub may make contact withthe edge ofthe belt 2 so' that it rotates in the direction of the arrow.The i edge of the disk moves within a notch 7 in the guide 7, whichnotch covers thatedge of the disk which is moving reversely to thedirection of the belt 1. rllhe front edge '14 Slightly overlies saidbelt, and the rear ed e 15 extends over the belt 2 for about halftewidth of 'the latter. Any suitable means may be provided to rotate thisdisk, al'- though that suggested ,is doubtless the simplest.

When now an object is placed on the belt 1 and carried thereby in thedirection of the arrow, on reachingthe edge of the disk 13 which movesvery closely across the face of this belt it will slide onto the disk toa slight extent and be carried to the right until it comes into contactwith the right hand guide 6; a continuous forward impulse being impartedto it by the movement of the belt 1, and further lateral movement beingresisted by the guide 6, the result will be that the object will movefarther and farther onto the disk until finally it is carried around bythe same in the direction of the arrow and 'taken wholly 0E of thebelt 1. Reaching the point 17 it comes in contact with the far side ofthe guide 7, and as the disk continues to rotate the object is pudhedofi1 itsedge and dropped onto the belt 2. Here it travels along in thedirection of the arrow, and if another transfer device be provided whereshown this operation will be repeated. I have found this 'device eX-.tremely useful for transferring bottles, but

do lnot wish t0 be confined to this use of the same; and of course theproportions and materials of parts are not essential to its successfuloperation.

lVhat is claimed as new is:

1. In a transfer device of the character set forth, the combination withan endless conveyer belt whose upper stretchy moves hori- Zontally, andfeed mechanism directed laterally toward said belt; of a diskcloselyoverlying the belt and the mechanism and havin a hub bearing against theedge ofthe belt whereby the disk is rotated,-and means for holding thedisk in operative position, substantially as described.

` 2. In a transfer device of the character set forth, the combinationwith two copveyers standing in a horizontal plane, the second movingacross the delivery end of the rst; of an upright pin xed between saidconveyers, a. disk closely overlying said conveyers and having a' hubjournaled on said pin and bearing against the edge'of the secondconveyer whereby rotary motion is imparted to the disk, and guidesalongside said conveyers.

3. In transfer device of the character set forth, the combination with apair of parallel spaced guides producing a channel, a second pair ofsimilar guides producing a second channel at an angle to the rst, anendless conveyer belt whose upper stretch moves along the secondchannel, and an endless'feed belt Whose upper stretch moves along thefirst channel and Whose delivery end is spaced from the side of saidsecond belt; of a disk mounted on an upright axis in the space betweenthe belts with its body closely overlying said belts, and means forrotating said disk in a direction to cause its `front edge t'o movetransversely of the feed belt and its rear edge to follow the directionof movement of said second belt, the guide on that side of the diskwhose edge is moving reversely to the direction of the feed belt bemgnotched to receive the disk,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in 'presen/ce of twosubscribing Wltnesses.

HERMAN HILDENBRAND.

Witnesses:

W. T.'Monnow, E. OsUnN.

